Curiosity Daily Podcast: How Antibiotics in Agriculture Changed How We Eat (w/ Maryn McKenna), When Daydreaming Goes Wrong, and Dogs Recognize Faces in Photos
Learn about the impact of maladaptive daydreaming, then learn about whether dogs can recognize our faces in photographs. Then, author Maryn McKenna will explain how antibiotics created modern agriculture and changed the way the world eats.
May 13, 2020
Episode Show Notes:
People with 'maladaptive daydreaming' spend up to 4 hours a day lost in their imaginations by Kelsey Donk
- People with “Maladaptive Daydreaming” spend an average of four hours a day lost in their imagination. (2018, June 25). Research Digest; Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/06/25/people-with-maladaptive-daydreaming-spend-an-average-of-four-hours-a-day-lost-in-their-imagination/
- Soffer-Dudek, N., & Somer, E. (2018). Trapped in a Daydream: Daily Elevations in Maladaptive Daydreaming Are Associated With Daily Psychopathological Symptoms. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00194
- Pietkiewicz, I. J., Nęcki, S., Bańbura, A., & Tomalski, R. (2018). Maladaptive daydreaming as a new form of behavioral addiction. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 7(3), 838–843. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.7.2018.95
Dogs can recognize our faces in photographs by Grant Currin
- Eatherington, C. J., Mongillo, P., Lõoke, M., & Marinelli, L. (2020). Dogs (Canis familiaris) recognise our faces in photographs: implications for existing and future research. Animal Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-020-01382-3
Additional resources from acclaimed journalist Maryn McKenna:
- Watch our full, uncut interview with Maryn McKenna from the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting (#AAASmtg) on YouTube https://youtu.be/2QO7DkiN4e8
- Pick up “Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats” on Amazon https://amzn.to/3fDOrL0
- Official website https://marynmckenna.com/
- Follow @marynmck on Twitter https://twitter.com/marynmck
- TED Talk: What do we do when antibiotics don’t work any more? [VIDEO] https://www.ted.com/talks/maryn_mckenna_what_do_we_do_when_antibiotics_don_t_work_any_more
- Other publications by Maryn McKenna https://amzn.to/2xRHPaI
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